And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father; for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head.
WEB
“Not so, my father!” Joseph said. “This one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”
YLT
and Joseph saith unto his father, `Not so, my father, for this is the first-born; set thy right hand on his head.'
DBT
And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn: put thy right hand on his head.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)